Can Farming Heal Ecosystems
& Restore Wildlife?
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Dear Climate Changemaker,
Industrial agriculture has degraded ecosystems—eroding soils, driving biodiversity loss, and destabilizing the climate. But emerging research and on-the-ground practice show another way forward.
A 2021 study led by Jonathan Lundgren defined regenerative farming systems that work with nature—diverse crops, cover crops, minimal chemicals, and reintegrated livestock. These farms consistently support higher biodiversity, from pollinators to predators, while maintaining yields. Healthy soils then act as carbon sinks, regulate water, and create habitat corridors for wildlife recovery.
Alejandro Carrillo, a fourth-generation rancher in Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, puts Lundgren's research into practice. By mimicking natural grazing rhythms at his family’s Las Damas Cattle Ranch, he’s restored soils, revived native grasses, and created thriving habitat for desert turtles, mountain lions, black bears, javelinas, and even migratory birds. Conservationists call his land “among the healthiest in the desert.”
Carrillo’s success—alongside Lundgren’s research—proves that regenerative agriculture is not only a food system strategy, but a wildlife restoration and climate mitigation solution.
Both Lundgren and Carrillo will join us in our upcoming Wildlife & Climate course. |
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Featured Expert Guest Speakers |
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| Jonathan Lundgren, PhD Agroecologist, Executive Director, Ecdysis Foundation, CEO, Blue Dasher Farm
October 9
12:00 noon ET |
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| Alejandro Carrillo 4th Generation Rancher, Grasslands Regeneration Project, Las Damas Cattle Ranch October 9
7:00 pm ET |
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What You'll Learn - The vital roles wildlife play in keeping ecosystems healthy
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How intact ecosystems — and the species within them — influence rainfall, temperature, and carbon storage
- How biodiversity loss and climate change are connected
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Inspiring examples of restoration projects reversing wildlife decline and climate impacts, both locally and globally
- Practical ways you can restore wildlife habitat right where you live
Discover what’s really behind wildlife decline—and how we can repair ecosystems and restore the natural cycles that keep Earth thriving.
Don't miss it! |
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Course Format - Online classes via Zoom for 4 weeks
- October 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2025
- Thursdays at 12:00 – 1:30 pm and 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET (attend either or both classes)
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Recordings available to students
- Connect with the instructor and fellow students between classes via an exclusive email group
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Meet Your Instructor
Hart Hagan
Climate Reporter, Bio4Climate Instructor |
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Hart Hagan is an environmental reporter, organic land care expert, and passionate educator with deep expertise in ecosystem restoration and the water cycle’s critical role in the climate. He has produced close to 400 radio interviews and is the founder of Water & Climate, a Facebook group with over 4,700 members. Hart's focus is to empower you with knowledge so you can take effective action at home and in your community. Read more.
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Praise for Instructor Hart Hagan
“Hart Hagan's 12 week course on Healing Our Land & Our Climate managed to be both an unsentimental survey of the myriad ways we are badly wounding our living world and the insufficiency of many of the proposed "solutions" to this crisis, and an inspiring and thought-provoking exploration of how we can ourselves create and advocate for a vibrant, restored world full of life. He is a fine teacher, with an easygoing, approachable style, and great skill in asking incisive questions, which I deeply appreciated. I came out of his sessions with a perspective on the climate crisis that I did not quite have before, and it was a genuine joy to learn new things. I was sad when the course came to an end, and happy to learn that he would be hosting additional classes in the near future.”
—Tyler Steward, MD Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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What's Included in the Course Live Classes every week! A noon and evening 90-minute class is hosted live each week on Zoom over 4 weeks Guest Speakers will share their research and experience in select classes
Membership in a private email group to ask questions, share resources and build connections with our like-minded community Advocacy Coaching for you to be effective in your community Plus Resources you can use to help decision makers create truly effective climate action plans
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Pricing
Early Bird Price: $97 — ends September 6
Bring a Friend Price: $72 — ends September 6
Bring a friend and split the savings—because wisdom is better
when shared (and discounted)!
Full Course Price: $145
We also offer other Generous Reduced Rates and Scholarships for those with greater financial limitations. Please email us at cou...@bio4climate.org with the details of your request.
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We invite everyone to join us, regardless of whether you have participated in previous courses. We are all on a journey of expanding our knowledge on nature's climate solutions, and we each bring something valuable to the conversation. |
If you have any registration or general course questions, please contact us at cou...@bio4climate.org. If you have specific questions about the course, email Hart at nhh...@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Louise Mitchell Outreach Programs Manager |
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